The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-05-18

never noticed any more than another point
of level ground.
! You never had your attention directed to
vehicles checking up there No, SIR,
| Your observation is Just the observation
of q man passing along the street, Ii ve-
| hicles were in the habit of checking. up
| there | did not notice il. Ii L were driving
along there weuld not cheek up,
| You never noticed whether they they
| checked mp? NY general observation is,
that they did not check up speed at all.
| Is that bridge lonely, secluded place at
that hour of the nighl or not would
/ say yes.
Is not that the main thoroughfare be-
| tween east and West Jackso n Yes, sir,
but ii is not used so much in those hours as
| in other hours. OF course anybody
having occasion to go from east to west
would go that way T; that is the most direct.
/ What time does the Vicksburg train gets
in? l think the schedule time is9:4o.
That is the avenue of approach TO that
train for people in this part of town Yes,
sir, most direct The V. and Nj train
| backs right in there on Capitol street, at
| the corner of Railroad Avenue.
| You SAY you saw Mr.. Figures? Yes, sir.
What was Mr.. Figures doing when you
saw him? Well, sir, he was engaged In the
very laudable business of keeping out of
the wayIof bullets.
Declined abs olutely to go up with you to
the bridget Yes, sir; his mind was set on
that question-keeping out of the way OF
bullets
Redirect Examination-You were asked
about the angle of the ascending approach
| TO the bridge, and you said about the same
level? or above? or below2..W hen the wooden
approach reaches the bridge proper-across
the bridge proper it is perfectly level
mean that there is no incline or decline to
the bridge; it is perfectly level. Some
bridges you go up on one side aud then go
4 i ~In,a rfS n
center.
You said you went hurriedly to the gate;
state whether or not you made any pause,
and if So for what purpose? paused at
the gate TO tie one of nay shoes
How long? Well, did not make COM
plete job of it, just sort of wrapped the
string around my ankle, and showed the
knots IN.
oss-examination.-Did | understand
you to say that you think you were the first
man on the bridge after the killing, at
Gambrelrs body? | am the first man that
touched the body
/ You were the first man at his body2 |
mean / am the first man put hands on Gam
brell. Several came up about same time.
The first thing | did when | got. there was
to try to get statement.
/ EWe find it impraeficable to continue
the report of the trial in the full form
|
unable to write out the shorthand notes so
as to publish each days testimony on the
day following. Weconclude the testimony
on first day with telegraphic synopsis in
the Commercidl-Herald.l
| o. E. Ryan, for the State, resides in West
Jackson, near the railroad, was at his
store about sixty feet from the Lawrence
| House. on the 9TH. There are some four or
five doors between the Lawrence House
and Roger drugstore. Saw deceased be-
tween / and 1l:S0 a. m. on the day he was
killed. Deceased said he was going to
Clinton and inquired when the freight
train left. Told him it left at p. M, and
he went back up town. Did not see him
anywhere. Some days before the killing
deceased came TO his store TO get him to ad-
vertise in the Sword and Shield. Witness
could not then but promised to do so in future
When talking Gambrell jumped up on the
| counter. Witness saw persons passing by.
Policemen Torrance aud Wilson Sam Asher
Ned Parish and Col. Hamilton were then at
the Lawrence House. Witness advised
Gambrell not to go down there because he
saw this passing and repassing of parties
and Hamiltons being at the LawreHce
House, and Gambrell said he would take
his advice. Never heard Hamilton nor
any of the accused say anything about
Gambrell Had frequently seen Hamilton
House for the last year and a half, and
thinks Hamilton was there. Hamilton was
there a little more since the appearance of
the article in the Sword and Shield. Does
not know the relations between Hamilton
, and the accused Mr. Parish Sunday i'm
mediately succeeding the appearance of the
article in the Sword and Shield saw Ham
ilton and Dick Kerr pass his store in a
buggy going towards the depot, Did not
see any of the parties there the night of
, the homicide. Lawrence House is about
three hundred yards from scene of homi
eide. Heard his clerk say that on the day
spoken of, when Gambrell was at his store,
: parties came there and inquired for Gam
brell, after the latter left. Hamilton and
Gambrell were prominent in opposition to
each other On the prohibition question.
Gambrell was a prominent Prohibition list
and Hamilton, Albreeht and Figures were
nti-ProhibitionistS. Albrecht was sa-
/ loon keeper. The Law and Order League,
of which witness Is a member, took pro-
: ceedings to close up Albrechts saloon
Thinks deceased was also member Al
brecht appeared before the League at which
| deceased spoke in favor of closing up AL
brechts. There was much feeling be-
tween the Prohibtionists and anti-Prohi-
bitionists. Figures is known as a profess
sional gambler. Figures and Albrecht
seem to be good friends. Had examined
impressions on the bridge where the fight
toll shots on the walk and one in a post be
yond. Saw pool of blood, evidence of
pounding. Where blood was two or three
| indentations indicated that the pistol was
fired from east to west. Saw on south side
of bridge stain or marks on bridge which
the theory was, were made there by party
climbing up. There is no more lonely spot
than the bridge between the depot and
GambrellPs house. This is the narrowest
point on the street. The bridge is about
sixty feet wide. The street elsewhere is
about eighty feet wide. The street is level
from the depot to bridge and rises after
crossing going east. Vehicles make noise
IN passing over. Knew of no habit of
checking up before crossing, nor of any or
dinance requiring 1t. Heaphy's store is
thirty feet from the approach to the bridge
and thirty feet from where the body was
found.
Cross Examined.-Witne ss described the
distances and localities near the scene of
the conflict. Figures and Albrecht are gem
orally about the Lawrence House
Hugh McGowan, for the States a CON
stable. Was in West jackson on the night
of the 9th of May, half hour before the
shooting ARRAY. Saw Hamilton, Albrecht
and Eubanks In the saloon at the Lawrence
House, half or three quarters of an hour
before the Vieksburg train came in. There
were several others in the saloon. Did not
see them at the depot either before
he supposed to be Hamiltons horse and
vehicle standing in front of Lawrence
| House with negro sitting III it
Did not see it leave. Has seen Hamilton
ride in several vehicles. The one exhibited
| there is the one he saw. 1t opens in the
rear. Has seats along the sides aud a
canopy top. The horse was a gray horse
| Knew him to run away once. Did not hear
Hamilton nor any of the accused call Gam
| brelPs name that night.
Cross examined-DOes not know of any
place in the city of jackson at 10 o clock at
night more public unless it is about the
Lawrence House.
| Re-examined in chief-The bridge ia
more remote from houses than any other
point on that street 1t is the usual passage
for persons coming from and going to the
depot.
| A statement of C. NJ. Williamson was
read by agreement, Was sitting at Law
renee House about p. IN. the night of the
kiiiing in conversation with Mr. Broome.
Col. Hamilton came up and was soon called
aside Hamilton and the party stood three
or four feet near by and had have LISTEN
ed might have heard their conversation.
Hamlltons carriage was standing in front
| of the Lawrence House. Hamilton and
certainly one other person got in the car
| rage and left in trot towards town. Soon
after he left, Mr.. Percy Roberts, of New Or
leans, approached and he and witness en-
gagged In conversation. Had been talking
about three minutes when he heard the re-
| port of pistol up the street. Was sitting
facing the flashes. There were two shots,
one Immediately following the other, and
then pause of a second or two then there
were several shots fired in quick succession
| fully as fast as one could Ere with a self
cooking pistol. Then there was a single